| Senior UNIX Systems Administrator |
| OBJECTIVE | I am a "real" senior-level UNIX sysadmin seeking a position in information technology. I offer extensive experience with high availability, networking and security. I am skilled at designing and implementing budget-conscious solutions to technical problems. |
| TARGET JOB | Target Job Title: | Senior UNIX Systems Administrator |
| Alternate Target Job Title: | Network Administrator |
| Desired Job Type: | Employee |
| Work Load: | Full-Time |
| Site Location: | On-Site |
| Description of my
perfect job: Friendly and relaxed environment with a focused management team. |
| Career Level | Mid Career |
| Date of Availability: | Immediately |
| TARGET COMPANY | CompanySize: | Medium (100 - 999) |
| Category: | Internet/E-Commerce |
| Description of my
ideal company: Technically-oriented with an Internet presence. |
| TARGET LOCATIONS | Relocate: | No |
| Canada-QC-Montreal |
| WORK STATUS | Canada | I am authorized to work in this country for any employer. |
| EXPERIENCE | 4/2001 - 9/2002 | Blue Dolphin Group | Sudbury, Massachusetts |
| Senior UNIX Systems Administrator/Network Engineer |
| Provided support for development, staging and production environments, including servers, clusters, networks and security. Took over management and monitoring of production servers from service provider, reducing recurring costs. Managed corporate and production firewalls including VPN access. Planned and implemented network design and server reallocation for corporate office move. Maintained corporate and production mail relays, closely monitoring performance. Installed and configured helpdesk software and monitoring tools. Automated tasks with Perl. Environment: Solaris and RedHat Linux; Veritas File System, Volume Manager and Cluster Server; Check Point FW-1; Cisco switches and Local Directors; Apache; Postfix and sendmail; ATG Dynamo; Oracle and Perl DBI; NetSaint; RT. |
| 9/1999 - 1/2001 | Genuity, Inc. | Woburn, Massachusetts |
| Senior UNIX Systems Administrator |
| Working with a team of senior UNIX system administrators, I provided buck-stops-here support for Genuity's e-business hosting customers. Other tasks included performance monitoring and tuning, architecture and design, and the implementation of high availability systems. Gained extensive experience with Cisco Local Directors, EMC/Clariion storage devices, Solstice Disk Suite, Legato HA+ Cluster, Netscape Enterprise Server, iPlanet Web Server, etc. |
| 6/1998 - 8/1999 | Collective Technologies | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Consultant/UNIX System Administrator |
| Along-side my duties as a
consultant, I also volunteered my time to interview new candidates and
work on internal projects. Fidelity Investments: Was the resident sysadmin for a handful of systems and developers during their Y2K testing period. Tasks included configuring a Sun Enterprise server to mimic the production environment, installing software, writing scripts, and providing for the developers needs. Fidelity Investments: Developed plans to update the Perl distributions on all development and production servers, and presented the rollout strategy to key groups within the organization. Provided key technical support for Perl during the roll-out, including writing documentation. GTE Internetworking: Provided second-level support for the web hosting operation center which included managing Netscape Enterprise Server and monitoring system and network performance of SUN Enterprise servers. Also documented processes and procedures. |
| 7/1995 - 5/1998 | Concordia University | Montreal, Quebec |
| Senior UNIX Systems Administrator |
| The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering operates a large computer network for their students, faculty and staff. Handled day-to-day system and network maintenance, dealt with user requests, planned and implemented improvements to the network and services, and recommended new software and hardware. Supervised two other system administrators and worked in conjunction with a group of technicians. |
| EDUCATION | 5/1995 | Concordia University | Canada-Quebec-Montreal |
| Bachelor's Degree |
| Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering |
| SKILLS | Skill Name | Skill Level | Last Used | Experience |
| Solaris | Expert | Currently Used | 7 years |
| Linux | Expert | Currently Used | 7 years |
| Check Point FW-1 | Intermediate | Currently Used | 1 years |
| Veritas Cluster Server | Intermediate | Currently Used | 1 years |
| Perl | Expert | Currently Used | 7 years |
| Veritas Volume Manager | Intermediate | Currently Used | 1 years |
| Veritas FileSystem | Intermediate | Currently Used | 2 years |
| ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | I am a Canadian citizen and have recently returned to Montreal after working in Boston for the past four years. In my time abroad I have gained much experience -- particularly in web hosting -- however I still consider myself a generalist. |